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Category: History

Vikings

 The Vikings: scary warriors, peaceful farmers, superb sailors, talented artists. See below for books, resources, a great outdoor chess game, a rampageous God of Thunder,…

Henry David Thoreau

Philosophy, environmentalism, political activism, and life in the woods. Part of our heritage. Celebrate Thoreau’s birthday on July 12 (1817) by living simply and taking…

Trees

Trees are wonderful, life-giving, magical, legendary, spooky, and just plain interesting. Think of the Ents from The Lord of the Ring, the dryads of Narnia,…

Paul Revere

Who doesn’t love Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Listen, my children, and you shall hear/Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere”? See below for books, projects, and…